Nina Raine: Tribes (NHB Modern Plays) [2010] paperback Condition:New neutralising threats before they come

neutralising threats before they come close enough to cause harm

they say she can be anyone she wants - as long as she isn't herself

or even mean

'Reeves's theme - as in her debut - is the limits of forgiveness

Hold your nerve through six terrifying challenges

Nina Raine: Tribes (NHB Modern Plays) [2010] paperback Condition:New neutralising threats before they comeNina Raine's clever and subtle new play. Billy's family, like every other, is a club, with its own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like, as possessive as you like, as critical as you like. Arguments are an expression of love, and after all, you love each other more than anyone in the world. Don't you? But Billy, who is deaf, is the only one who actually listens. When he meets Sylvia, he decides he finally wants to be heard.